Shipping Job Description
Shipping Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective shipping job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included shipping job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Shipping Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Shipping
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: HAZMAT, IATA, DOT, RCRA, DG, OSHA, EPA, LTL, PIT
Education for Shipping
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the shipping job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Associate Degree in Management, Education, General Education, Associates, Business, Technical, Communication, Computer, Engineering, Manufacturing
Skills for Shipping
Desired skills for shipping include:
Desired experience for shipping includes:
Shipping Examples
Shipping Job Description
- Load/unload carrier trucks for pick-ups and deliveries
- Monitor shipping supply levels for proper ordering
- Assist Receiving and Inventory Department when needed
- Complete light building maintenance duties when required
- Accurate maintenance of what demo equipment is on hand, and what is in the field and with whom
- To determine all finished mail meets defined quality standards before delivery to Unites States Post Office
- Receive materials and input information into Royal IV system according to the purchase order
- Data entry into various applications Excel, Microsoft word, Royal IV
- Ensure materials are released from customs and are received on time
- Uses MDC to review the team’s delivery exceptions
- Must be able to visually inspect product and packaging labels
- Acceptable verbal and written communication skills
- Must be able to operate shipping department machinery
- Must utilize J.D
- Must possess ability to work at a rapid pace
- Requires frequent standing, walking, carrying, bending, stooping, grasping, and reaching
Shipping Job Description
- Places prepared merchandise in the chutes
- Organizes the chutes in delivery order
- Completes MDC “To Do List”
- Takes and uploads prep and load pictures to MDC as required
- Verifies and reconciles chute inventory
- Loads deluxe merchandise onto delivery boxes
- May replenish packaging supplies as needed
- Assist with packaging according to SOP requirements in line with customer expectations
- Ensure all shipment counts and items are accurate, and are packaged to arrive at the end user in a safe usable condition
- Claim accountability for high levels of customer service
- Must be able to lead people in a high volume shipping environment
- Heavy lifting required up to 150 lbs
- Must have Shipping experience
- Maintain a professional manner in appearance and communications at all times
- Forklift Certification or ability to obtain a certification
- Ability to work with various mechanical devices
Shipping Job Description
- Maintain assigned work areas and ensure that inventory is kept in a safe, organized manner
- Report inventory shortages and overages to supervisor
- Complete inventory counts as required by company policy
- Provide back up for all shipping areas
- Back up receiving area as needed
- Back up for manufacturing/production if needed
- Back up other warehouse/storage areas
- KEEP ABREAST OF DAILY QUICKSHIPS AND EXPEDITED ORDERS FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT
- Using AS400, receive “ship direct product” into warehouse 97
- Reconcile CDC issues, wrong qty shipped, invoicing errors, invoicing not done
- Using a pallet jack stacking and wrapping parts, tracking inventory, driving forklift
- Ability to work 2nd shift overtime when needed
- An ability to and experience in working in a shipping department
- Minimum three years with cGMP operations
- Packaging, or related experience preferred
- Ability to train staff and understand how to manage, motivate, and develop employees
Shipping Job Description
- Sorts and packs orders according to LSI procedures
- Maintain record keeping documents for track mobile forklift, pickup truck, and other equipment associated with the daily operation of the packaging and shipping areas
- General housekeeping in the loading building
- Train for certification in the operation of track mobiles, forklifts and other equipment associated with the packaging and shipping departments
- Housekeeping/5S to ensure a safe and efficient production environment
- Receive and deliver training to maintain a highly capable workforce
- Maintains all shipping paperwork required accurately and timely
- Maintains and meet production and schedule levels
- Coordinates tasks and production of shipping team to meet productivity goals and customer requirements
- Completes expected tasks with required operating systems
- Domestic and international shipping a plus
- Shipping experience is a plus but not required
- Ensure warehouse is clean and organized
- Ability to remain standing for extended periods
- 1 year minimum related work experience
- Minimum of one year of shipping clerk experience
Shipping Job Description
- Supervises the daily activities of receiving finished product from manufacturing and the placement in warehouses
- UAE Local & GC Import/Export compliance regulation knowledge
- Shipping and Packaging different size parts
- Work with various functions of the shipping process
- Review shipping documents - Bills of Lading, Picking Slips, and Inspection forms - for completeness and accuracy to ensure shipments have been shipped per Picking Slip requests
- Review job orders with shipping & receiving employees
- Determine most efficient and economical routing and mode of transportation
- Initiate changes designed to improve control and efficiency of traffic function
- Scheduling orders for daily operations
- Assist with all shipping office data entry processes
- In depth knowledge of Microsoft products, such as SAP
- Completed commercial education and several years of work experience
- Commitment, sense of responsibility, decisiveness
- Proficiency in MS-Office SAP SD
- Business fluent in German and English (spoken and written), French would be a plus
- A High school diploma or GED is required specific training and thorough knowledge in warehouse operations plus a working knowledge of warehouse related computer software